kinfolk vs people

kinfolk and people both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
kinfolk	Yes	No	No	No
people	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, people is a hyponym of kinfolk; that is, people is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than kinfolk:

Other hyponyms of kinfolk include homefolk, house, dynasty, gens, name.

kinfolk (noun)	people (noun)
people descended from a common ancestor	(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
	the body of citizens of a state or country
	members of a family line
	the common people generally

kinfolk (verb)	people (verb)
	fill with people
	furnish with people